DAY FOUR - THE PEOPLE OF STARSIGHT

DAY FOUR, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2012

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(Answer found in Chapter One of Starsight) What happened sixty seasons before this story starts and changed the world forever? EMAIL YOUR ANSWER TO: mmeador@minnettemeador.com - Good luck!

BONUS DISCUSSION: PRIZE - GOODIE PACKAGE!
  Studying the outlines below, which character would you most like to meet and why? Leave your answers in the Comments section below.

 

 

THE FOUR COMPANIONS:

TRENARA - 2nd Trial Starguider

"There was no mistaking the Starguider Trenara, even at that distance. Her tall, slim figure was held straight in the saddle, a magnificent silver mane of wayward hair flowing behind her like a tempest, despite feeble attempts to tame it. Piercing azure blue eyes shone from a face that seemed ageless, despite soft lines and the mantle of gray around it. Her beauty was still striking, and she often turned heads, even at fifty-two seasons." Starsight, Vol. I - Chapter One

JOSHAN JENHADA THORINGALE - First Prince of The Imperium  
"Trenara spotted the lad and gave him a curt nod, catching the flash in the young eyes. Joshan had the oval shape of his mother’s face and the dark coloring of his father, but the eyes, not the mother’s nor even the father’s, shone brown-black in the mid-morning light and were distinctly his own." Starsight, Vol. I - Chapter One

HAIDEN BAILS - Sergeant of the Gate Guard - Master of Training to Joshan
“No, no, lad!” Haiden brought his quarterstaff up and pounded it into the ground. He wiped sweat from his brow with the back of his hand and spat into the dust at his feet. “Put your back into it, not your arms. I’ve seen you fight better with your nurse.”
     Joshan, perhaps half the size of the grizzly older man and a fraction of his age, circled around, and adjusted his grip; this man was notorious for his speed and trickery. The boy’s tunic was streaked with sweat and his face red with exertion. With energy he didn’t feel, Joshan again lunged at Haiden uselessly." Starsight, Vol. I - Chapter One

CAPTAIN VANDERLINDEN - ONE-EYED SEA CAPTAIN/MASTER OF THE VILLAGE
"The giant lit a lamp and turned it very low, giving Joshan a sinister stare. He was very dark, with a tangle of black hair and beard that meshed together to hide most of a rugged, stormy face, with one black eye visible and the other covered by a dirty patch. He towered over Joshan by a good five hands and exceded his girth by half again as much. There was a long jagged scar that ran from under the patch to the general vicinity of his chin, disappearing in a snarl of unkempt beard."  Starsight, Vol. I, Chapter Seven

CAST OF CHARACTERS (In Order of Appearance)
TRENARA - Second Trial Starguider to Joshan

HAIDEN BAILS - Sergeant of the Gate Guard & the First Prince’s weapons instructor

JOSHAN JENHADA THORINGALE - First Prince, Heir to the emperor’s throne

JENHADA THORINGALE EVENSON - Emperor of the Eight Provinces - Keeper of Mathisma - Joshan’s father

PRAVIUS - Councilor of Justice - Advisor to Emperor Jenhada

ENA - Trenara’s aide

SALDORIAN - Jenhada’s consort - Joshan’s mother

VANDERLINDEN - One-eyed sea captain - Master of the Village

WERT - Van’s friend from the Village

MATI FORESONS - Innkeeper at Foresons Lodge

PAP - Barman from “Pap’s Pub” in the Village

SARK DUMONTAIRE - A mercenary from the Village

SHAWN - One of Van’s lieutenants

BORIC - One of Van’s lieutenants

TIGE - She is one of Sark’s lieutenants

JONA - A private in the Elite Corps

THIELS - A lieutenant in the Elite Corps

ANNO - One of Pravius’s northern guards

KIT - One of Pravius’s northern guards

MOLLY - Madame of The House

DONNALLY - Sark’s first lieutenant

DOTTIE - Saldorian’s lady - Joshan’s nursemaid

BALINAR - Sirdar’s captain

TAM - Vanderlinden’s First Mate

TAK - Clurichaune from The Grotto

THE DALIGON - Sirdar’s Champion

LEOGAN- Soldier from Felos

SIRDAR - Lord of Badain

SAL CARRIMAN - Imperial sail maker

DEINOS - A reptilian creature serving Sirdar

WITEN - Prelate of Assemblage

GRANDOR - Keep of the Books, Mathisma

ACON - Witen’s servant

PALARINE - Provost Elect of Assemblage

THE CRYSTAL OF HEALING - Assemblage’s Power

THORINGALE - Joshan’s grandfather

NINIA - Vanderlinden’s mother

NOCINE - Prince of the North

NORSK - King of the North

KRIKOS - Goddess of Life

VENTUS - Goddess of the Wind